TITLE: ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLOHINS AUTHOR: SCOTTO’DELL PUBLISHER: PENGUIN GROUP PUBLICATION DATE: 1960 MAIN CHARACTERS Karana: She is the protagonist. When the Aleuts invade her homeland and the natives fled‚ Karana and her brother are left behind to fend for themselves. SECONDARY CHARACTERS Ramo: This was Karana’s younger brother. He is however killed shortly after the island is deserted by a pack of hungry‚ wild dogs. Ulape: Karana’s older sister. Ulape manages to escape with the natives
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evil. His wife is here‚ too. Then the scene changes dramatically‚ and Brown is alone in the cold and empty forest. Was he dreaming? Author answers: “Be it so if you will; but‚ alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern‚ a sad‚ a darkly meditative‚ a distrustful‚ if not a desperate man did he become…” (Hawthorne‚ 88). So‚ was he dreaming? Or he was dreaming awake‚ and all he saw in the forest is just the product of his unconsciousness. The forest with all its inhabitants is the
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the modern man returned to a suburban prison. Field utilizes literary devices such as jarring diction‚ imagery‚ and compare and contrast to adapt the Icarus myth to a darkly contemporary setting. Field paints imagery throughout the poem in order to lunge the Icarus myth into a darkly contemporary setting. For example‚ “ Never dreaming that the gray‚ respectable suit concealed arms that had controlled huge wings.” This image establishes the dull aspects of modern
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who we really are and what we want out of life by tapping into our subconscious mind. They have the ability to be inspirational‚ life changing‚ and revealing. Certain aspects of the story “Young Goodman Brown” lead us to believe that he is merely dreaming. The fact is that Young Goodman Brown does have a life changing experience
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” is a rags-to-riches story centered on Dexter Green yet the author has chosen to revolve the story around his life as it relates to Judy Jones. At the heart of this story is the American Dream‚ indeed the piece begins with dreaming going on. What you will do for this paper is break the story down as it relates to the desire for wealth‚ love‚ and anything else you feel connects to the
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Lennie Smalls: one of the characters is mentally impaired and George knew his Aunt Clar. Aunt Clar had asked George to watch Lennie for her cause it was her time to go... These two were always moving around place to place‚ to get money. These two were dreaming of buying a land together. This was their dream to achieve. But they went to this farm to work for a boss. Let me tell you that his son Curley isn’t a friendly “fella”. They meet so many people at their stay here. Candy‚ Curley‚ Curely’s Wife‚ Crook
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character‚ Dexter Green‚ to chronicle the trials and tribulations of a man working towards the prototypical American Dream as well as show the negative effects of the dream. Fitzgerald begins to chronicle the story by focusing on a young man named Dexter Green. Dexter‚ at this time‚ already strives for the privileges‚ status‚ and wealth of the high‚ elite classes of society. Like the majority of those who pursue the American Dream‚ the protagonist comes from humble beginnings. Dexter starts out
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written in 1922. The story is a narrative account of Dexter Green‚ a reliable‚ self-assured individual who falls into the web of infatuation of a beautiful woman‚ Judy Jones. Ms. Jones is also a self-assured individual. She‚ however‚ bases her confidence on her outer beauty‚ a beauty that intoxicates men‚ bringing them to her knees. Judy represents intense passion‚ and she brings it out in men‚ empowering her own life. She leads Dexter to rather abruptly quit is work as a caddy because he yearns
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Sammy‚ from the story “A & P” by John Updike‚ and Dexter‚ from the story “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ are similar characters from two different stories. In both stories‚ the two men fell in love with what they pictured as the perfect woman. Each man had visions of the future they would like to have with the lady of their dreams. Sammy daydreamed of a fancy daytime gathering with his dream-girl’s family and friends (page number). Dexter dreamt of taking and marrying the girl that he falls
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ill-mannered young woman. Despite her attitude Dexter was taken with Judy‚ and dreamed of marrying her someday. I chose to write a creative story from Judy’s point of view‚ adding irony to the story. My classmate Douglas Brodbeck pointed out that‚ “Dexter achieved everything he wanted to except for his final goal of being with Judy‚ and that if it weren’t for Judy; Dexter may have had a different outcome in life. Judy’s introduction into the story was Dexter remembering a conversation he had‚ which was
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